CURY, a parish in Helston district, Cornwall; on the coast, 4¾ miles S by E of Helston,
and 11½ SSE of Gwinear-Road r. station. It has a post office under Helston, Cornwall,
and fairs on 3 Feb. and 3 Aug. Acres, 2,845; of which 75 are water. Real property,
£2,719. Pop., 517. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged
to the Bochyms, the Mohuns, the Bellots, and others. The rocks include serpentine.
Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy
of Gunwalloe, in the diocese of Exeter. Value and patron, not reported. The church
has Norman parts, but is not good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and the Wesleyan
Association.